Legal Opinion
Payne Bus Lines v. Jackson City Lines, Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 22, 1954No. 39064PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
In this suit we are concerned with questions of whether a common carrier of passengers for hire in a municipality must obtain a franchise in order to engage in such business in the city, and whether a competing franchised carrier can enjoin the unfranchised operations of another carrier.
This is an appeal by J. R. Payne, Jr., defendant below, from an order of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County overruling Payne’s general demurrer to the bill of complaint filed by Jackson City Lines, Inc., appellee. The following are facts alleged in the bill of complaint. Jackson…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Memphis St. Ry. Co. v. Rapid Transit Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- People's Transit Co. v. Louisville Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
- McInnis v. PaceMississippi Supreme Court · 1900
- Scott v. HartMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Strawberry Electric Service District v. Spanish Fork CityUtah Supreme Court · 1996
- Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association v. MISS. PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2002
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